She attended rural elementary schools and was a 1942 graduate of Carthage High School.

She married Herman D. McBride on June 4, 1942 in Carthage. He preceded her in death on Nov. 12, 1983.

Louise was a homemaker, worked with her husband on the family farm and, for 10 years, was employed with Fox Deluxe Foods. She was a member of the Bethany Baptist Church, the Jasper County Extension Club, was a 4-H leader and was a dispatcher or the OATS bus.